Nowadays, only the Central Plains area is able to migrate out. In other places, Jiangnan, Lingnan, Beidi and the west are all sparsely populated. How can people migrate out
But if you migrate from the Central Plains...
Ning Yushi looked around, not to mention that people leave their hometowns, the vast majority of people in this world don’t want to leave their hometowns, but that many people can’t accept it not only psychologically, but also physically. accept.
The prince's character is inherently domineering, if he were to take action to relocate the people, I don't know how many families would be separated.
At that time, it will not be good to cause family ruin and death.
So Ning Yushi has a lot of opinions on Bai Shan's slander that the prince gave him a back door to relocate the population.
Bai Shan could only press the matter first, and took the crown prince and Guo Inspector for a stroll around everyone, and by the way, took a look at the nearby villages to learn about the folk customs.
There are very few nearby villages, and Xiaowa Village is the nearest one. Apart from Xiaowa Village, there are two other small villages. no one.
Because the three villages are close to the sea, they all make a living by fishing. They seldom plant crops, and even if they do, the harvest is very small.
The new salt farm was opened in Dajiawa. Not only young men can work in the salt farm, but also women can, so they have a lot more extra income. Now they can support their families even if they don’t go to sea.
Of course, in order to make life easier, except for those who applied for the saltworks, the rest of the family will still go to sea.
Although going to sea is dangerous, fishermen also have their own experience. Generally, they will check the weather one day in advance and decide whether to go to sea the next day.
Of course, sometimes they can't see it right, and at this time it depends on luck.
Their fishing boats are not good enough to compete in technology at sea, so they can only rely on luck.
The prince stayed for two more days and watched them brave the wind and waves to go out to sea to fish. Sometimes they went out to sea at dawn and came back when it was almost dark, but the fish they brought back might not be many.
And because everyone is a little far away from the county, the fish caught can be raised in sea water, and then sent to the county or Qingzhou City for sale.
Of course, now that there are nobles like the prince, those who have never eaten sea fish will wrap it up directly, but in normal times, most of the fish are eaten by themselves, and the rest will be processed into salted fish and left to dry outside .
Every time the prince walked by, he could smell a strong smell before he got close.
This made the prince sigh in a rare way, "The people's livelihood is so difficult, and there is a lot of open land in this area. Obviously, they can directly open up wasteland for farming, but they didn't open up wasteland. Obviously, for the common people who are farming, land is not enough. It’s good to be able to grow food.”
He reminded Bai Shandao: "Don't just focus on the salt field, this land still needs to be governed. If you can reclaim all these barren and open fields and plant them into good fields, it will also be of great merit."
Bai Shandao: "...Your Highness, do you know why this piece of land is flat, but there is not enough crops to grow?"
The prince simply shook his head, "I don't know."
"Because it's near the sea," he said, "Sometimes there are strong winds and waves in the sea, and when the tide rises, the seawater will pour up. The soil is salty, so the grain output is very low."
Prince: "Is the land still divided into salty and light?"
"Of course, the earth has strength, so it's also salty." Bai Shan thought of something, paused and said, "It should be salty and sour."
The prince asked curiously, "Does wheat like salty soil or sour soil?"
Bai Shan kicked the ground under his feet and said: "No matter what kind of soil it likes, it definitely doesn't like this hard sand."
Raising land is much more difficult than building salt fields and ferries, because it takes longer. If there is no shortage of fertility, this kind of land will take ten years to grow.
But this thing really needs people to start doing it. He does it for six years first, and his successors do it for another four years, and they are almost raised.
So after hesitating for a while, he nodded with the prince, "What Your Highness said is that I will try my best to raise the soil, but in this way, I will need more manpower."
People are still needed.
The prince turned and left.
Bai Shan glanced back quietly, seeing that Yushi Ning hadn't followed, he probably was guarding the set aside salt field in the salt field.
Bai Shan immediately followed the prince, and whispered to him: "I also know that your highness is not good at forcing people to move."
Last night, the prince who was caught by Yushi Ning and warned him looked at Bai Shan, "Since you know it, why bother to mention it, Gu has already promised you to dispatch two hundred soldiers for you."
He emphasized: "Don't worry, they are all bachelors."
Bai Shan: "...Your Highness, I don't mind married soldiers. If they are willing to bring their families, I will not only give them land, but also give them money."
The prince raised his eyebrows, "Share the money?"
Bai Shan immediately responded, saying: "Your Highness, this is exactly what I want to say, we can't force it, we can use lures."
"I have been to Qizhou, where there are many young people who do short-term labor because there is no land after they become adults. After losing their land for various reasons, there are also many farmers who have to be tenant farmers. If you are willing to give They distributed the land and gave them a settling allowance, so they should be willing to come to Beihai County."
Prince: "... You and Tang He brought back a large batch of land, and the new Inspector Yu divided up the land."
Bai Shan: "It's a drop in the bucket, there are still many people who lost land in Qizhou, but there are not many places in the Central Plains like Qizhou.
The Central Plains stabilized relatively quickly, coupled with good land and a developed economy, many people stayed in the Central Plains after the world was in peace, and the people in the Central Plains were particularly able to give birth.
There are also many aristocratic and powerful families, and there are more children. They compete with each other for land. In the early years when Yongye Tian was divided, they could not make ends meet.
There are not many natural disasters every year, but there are always people who lose their land for various reasons. In order not to pay taxes, they wander around. These are refugees.
As soon as the prince heard his suggestion, he couldn't help squinting his eyes, and asked, "Where do you want to start?"
Bai Shan felt that this kind of thing should start from familiar places, so he said: "The capital, Yongzhou and Qizhou are good, especially Qizhou."
The persimmons are soft and pinched.
Prince: "Can Inspector Yu agree? Or do you let Gu and Inspector Yu become enemies?"
"Your Highness, this matter was done by the minister. You just need to mediate in the middle. How could it be possible for you to become enmity with Inspector Yu?"
Prince: "Tell Gu first, what will you give in exchange for Inspector Yu?"
He snatched people from other people's territory, how could Governor Yu not hate him
Bai Shan cleared his throat and said, "I have some friendship with Governor Yu."
The prince looked at him suspiciously.
"Okay, Your Highness, Feng Zongping is placed in Taibai County, Qizhou."
After all, they have been classmates for several years, Bai Shan feels that this matter can still be discussed with Feng Zongping.
The prince suddenly realized, after thinking for a while, he nodded and said: "Okay, you can do it, if Governor Yu makes trouble, I will let you mediate."
Bai Shan was overjoyed, he and Man Bao listed all the places and people who could rob people last night.